Francis Crick’s life and legacy | Science In October 1958, Francis Crick and his wife, Odile, hosted a party at their house in Cambridge to celebrate Fred Sanger’s Nobel Prize in Chemistry During the festivities, a rocket was launched from the roof terrace, which landed on the roof of a nearby church and necessitated the services of the local fire brigade (1) This otherwise inconsequential event is an apt metaphor for the
Francis Crick: A thoughtful biography to savour: Current Biology Crick: A Mind in Motion — From DNA to the Brain is an engaging and inspiring read! Most of the credit belongs to Francis Crick himself (he “was anything but dull”) and to the seismic effects of his discoveries
Biographical Overview | Francis Crick - Profiles in Science Crick went on to make important contributions to developmental biology and, during the last twenty-five years of his life, to neurobiology His insights into DNA and the genetic code, ground-breaking in their time, have become standards of science education as well as references in popular culture